First Democratic senator calls on Biden to withdraw from race

Published July 10, 2024 7:35pm ET



Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) became the first Democratic senator to call on President Joe Biden to step aside as the Democratic nominee on Wednesday night.

The Vermont senator, in an op-ed in the Washington Post, asked Biden to step aside with “the national conversation” “focused on Biden’s age and capacity.”

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